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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1957
Page
6
Cloudy and cool this afternoon then mostly fair tonight. Sunday partly cloudy and warmer. Low tonight 35 to 45, high Sunday 65 to 72. Record page notes a warmest spot Presidio Texas 96 and coldest Grand Marais Michigan 28. Sunrise 5 35, sunset 8 18.
Isaac Divan, 80, Beloit, listed among deaths. Births record Mr and Mrs Robert McGow an of Blanchardville with a daughter born May 10.
Medical notes list patient Marcia Moore and family members William and Michael Moore. Dismissals include Dennis Post John Hoffman several named women and a boy. venues on 22nd and 12th streets referenced.
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission authorized Northwestern Railroad to discontinue nine passenger trains and replace four seasonal trains with bus service in Wisconsin. It denied Milwaukee’s statewide inquiry request and ordered two new streamlined trains for future runs.
Air Force plans to acquire two atomic clocks at 45000 dollars each to steer ocean-spanning missiles. Col. Harry R. Page testified cesium-based devices provide one to one billion accuracy for time signals, detecting frequency changes to correct guidance up to 2000 nautical miles.
Various local residents are noted visiting, from Melvin J Olson of South Wayne to Lena St John of Brodhead and Julius Jones of Rockford on business. The item also lists Mona day visits and family gatherings including Eastern Star events, prom attendees, and relatives visiting Madison and Monroe areas.
Chicago reports a robust cattle market as demand strengthens amid higher wholesale meat trade. About 50 000 cattle sold this week, 12 000 more than last week, with prime steers $25.00 to $27.00 and top loads around $27.25. Heifers and hogs showed steady to firm action, with hogs closing at $18.75 to $19.00 for best meat hogs and sows quoted higher in several weight classes. Demand from local packers and Eastern buyers remained strong as processors raise bids.
President Eisenhower faces weeks of debate as his 72 billion dollar peacetime budget including 4.4 billion in foreign aid triggers calls for cuts. He plans two public broadcasts to pressure Congress, while Treasury Secretary Humphrey and Eisenhower himself outline potential reductions and bookkeeping shifts to reallocate funds.
The Avon 4 H club stages a home talent play at the Grange hall this evening as advertised by the Times Special.
Times Special notes March of Dimes receipts in South Wayne total $258 as reported by Mrs. Charles Chapman. Lafayette County director Mrs. Paul Lawrence cites countywide receipts at $2,884.
Nineteen Blaisdell school pupils from Winslow visited The Monroe Evening Times plant yesterday afternoon guided by teacher Mrs. Margaret Neuenschwander and companions Mmes. Robert Fernstaedt and Ralph Tieman.
Mrs Albert C Boyer of Milwaukee was elected president at the Wisconsin Federation of Republican Women biennial convention in Wisconsin Rapids. She succeeds the former president and assumes duties for the next two years, leading the group’s activities and advocacy.
A seven year old ewe at Walter Streuli’s farm fifty miles north of Monroe on Highway 69 delivered triplets at the end of April and nurses all three. The six ewes were shorn in March yielding 53 pounds of fleece. The Streulis, who moved from Switzerland in 1945, have a daughter Trudy who was 1954 Voice of Democracy winner and now lives in Beloit.
Rep. Richard M. Simpson urged immediate tax reductions at the Wisconsin Young Republican convention. He argued tax cuts should come now to avoid later spending pressures, and as chairman of the GOP congressional campaign committee he pressed for campaigns to elect another Republican to succeed Joe McCarthy and win Congress in 1958.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Zimmerman of Monroe visited Brodhead today as shoppers.
Forester Thomas Rausch notes Wisconsin farmers Belleville and New Glarus used their 22 acre and 17 acre woodlands to supply materials for rebuilding barns. Hefty saved compared with contractor costs by sawmilling on farm and Waelti cut costs to 40 per thousand board feet. Proper management, tax relief, and portable mills keep woodlands productive for repairs, fuel, and fencing.
Adolph Ackerman, a Madison Wisconsin civil engineer, is named as the principal candidate for the post of TVA director according to the Chattanooga Times. The paper reports the selection may not be finalized but Ackerman is the leading candidate under consideration.
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